… cover this mounded beauty when grown in full sun and well-drained soils. In fact, it is ideal for rock or crevice gardens and dry walls. Free of most insect and diseases. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… arching cymes gracefully top the dark green, heart-shaped leaves. A wonderful selection for the early spring garden in full sun or under the canopy of deciduous trees. Tolerates the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… flower heads to 4 inches across and attracts butterflies. This rather coarse plant is good for the wild, woodland garden. It grows to 5-feet tall. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… sun in moderately rich, well drained soils and permit to reseed to provide replacement plants for this often short lived perennial. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… golden yellow fan-like foliage and an irregularly globe-shaped, upright habit. Excellent for use in rock gardens, beds or borders to bring a unique look to the landscape. Prefers a sunny …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in spring. This species prefers consistently moist soils and a slightly shaded environment for best flower production. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Twilight Zone', an improved version of native Little Bluestem is the first to color up for fall, adding iridescent silver-mauve tones all over the plant as early as midsummer! Then …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Q. How do I care for a Norfolk Island pine? A. Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) is commonly grown as a … Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-0972 or plantinfo@chicagobotanic.org for more detailed information. …
Type: Plant Info
… A. Christmas cactus is a member of the forest cactus group and has very specific requirements for blooming. This plant prefers to spend the summer outside in a shady location. Around … move it inside so that it can enter its pre-flowering period. The critical factors for good blooming are a sunny windowsill, night temperatures between 50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit …
Type: Plant Info
… Q. Can you help me identify the very large moth that appears just for a day or two on the side of my house at this time of year? And is it harmful? A. It is … females deposit eggs on future food sources (apple, white oak, black cherry or birch trees) for the developing caterpillars. The large caterpillars take all summer to achieve full size, …
Type: Plant Info
